The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (42 page)
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Acculturation
(acquiring cultural characteristics)
:
(acquiring cultural characteristics)
:
Acedia
(lack of commitment)
:
(lack of commitment)
:
Acinteyy
ni
ni(P
li,
acinteyya
, ‘that which cannot or should not be thought’). Certain notions or thought-topics considered by
Therav
da
Buddhism to lie beyond the scope of imagination or speculation. Prolonged reflection on them is discouraged because it leads to no satisfactory answers, only to frustration and anguish. They are the notions of what it is like to be a Buddha; what a higher state of consciousness is like (see
SAM
DHI
); what are the particular fruits of
karma
; who created the world. See also
AVY
KAT
NI
.
li,acinteyya
, ‘that which cannot or should not be thought’). Certain notions or thought-topics considered by
Therav
daBuddhism to lie beyond the scope of imagination or speculation. Prolonged reflection on them is discouraged because it leads to no satisfactory answers, only to frustration and anguish. They are the notions of what it is like to be a Buddha; what a higher state of consciousness is like (see
SAM
DHI); what are the particular fruits of
karma
; who created the world. See also
AVY
KATNI.
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